Ginga ~Nagareboshi Gin~ to receive a stage adaptation

“Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin” was a popular adventure manga by Takahashi Yoshihiro that was serialized on “Weekly Shonen Jump” from 1983 to 1987.  In 1987, the series won the “Shogakukan Manga Award” for best Shonen series.

And now the series will be receiving a stage version! A visual image was released today.

Cast announcements were also made on Twitter:

【出演キャスト＆キャラクター紹介①】
熊と戦う運命を背負った熊犬の親子！！

銀 役 佐奈宏紀さん
リキ 役 坂元健児さん#舞台銀牙https://t.co/PpI8FM7LCO pic.twitter.com/ODszbSNryo

— 舞台「銀牙 -流れ星 銀-」 (@stage_ginga) January 15, 2019

【出演キャスト＆キャラクター紹介②】
「奥羽の不動明王」の異名を持つベンと世界各地で猛獣狩りを経験してきたジョン

ベン 役 郷本直也さん
ジョン 役 安里勇哉さん#舞台銀牙https://t.co/PpI8FM7LCO pic.twitter.com/qlYQRLxE2j

— 舞台「銀牙 -流れ星 銀-」 (@stage_ginga) January 16, 2019

【出演キャスト＆キャラクター紹介⑥】
伊賀忍犬の総帥・赤目と甲賀忍犬の総帥・黒邪鬼

赤目 役 荒木宏文さん
黒邪鬼 役 北代高士さん#舞台銀牙https://t.co/PpI8FM7LCO pic.twitter.com/Nsx3LANs7x

— 舞台「銀牙 -流れ星 銀-」 (@stage_ginga) January 20, 2019

“Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin” revolves around an Akita Inu pup named “Gin” who leaves his master, Daisuke, to join a pack of wild dogs.  The pack is gathering the strongest dogs from all over Japan to fight a deranged bear named Akakabuto and his group.   The manga series would receive a 21-episode anime adaptation in 1986.

The series would be continued a decade later in 2009 with “Ginga Legend Weed: Orion” about Gin’s grandchildren, Weed’s pups Orion, Sirius, Rigel and Bellatrix.

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